revlog: only consider the span of the delta section Since the number of snapshots is limited we can exclude them from the logic checking size and number of reads. Limiting the span computation to the delta section will allow for further optimization.

revlog: ensure intermediate snapshot have decreasing size If the intermediate snapshot is bigger than the previous one, there is likely a better snapshot to be made at a different level.

revlog: bound number of snapshots in a chain To limit the number of snapshot chained, we enforce them to be smaller and smaller. This guarantee the number of snapshot in a chain will be bounded to a small number.

revlog: compute snapshot depth on delta info We need the information to be available when choosing delta.

debugrevlog: display snapshot details per depth This help in understanding the final structure of build manifest. All data about snapshot (full and intermediate) are gathered into a sub-list for clarity. Since we do not produce such snapshots yet, the only thing changing in test output is the way the information is presented.

revlog: add a method to retrieve snapshot depth Some snapshot property (eg: maximum size) will depend on their depth.

debugrevlog: include information about intermediate snapshots As we are about to create intermediate snapshots, we need to have a way to debug them. We start by adding very simple debug output and more detailed output will comes in next changesets.

revlog: also detect intermediate snapshots Also detect intermediate-snapshot done against another previous snapshot. Doing an intermediate snapshot instead of a full one can reduce the number of full snapshots we need. They are especially useful for content with a lot of churn on the same line (eg: the manifest) where having a delta over multiple revisions can end up being significantly smaller than the sum of these revision deltas. A revlog built using intermediate snapshots can be a bit smaller and reuse snapshot much more efficiently. This last property is useful combined with constraints on chain length. Using intermediate snapshot can produce repository with delta chain ten times shorter without impact on the storage size. Shorter chain lengths are faster to restore, greatly improving read performance. This changesets (and the following ones) focus on getting the core principle of intermediate snapshots into Mercurial core. Later changeset will introduce the strategy to create them.